Can I accompany someone while they're hunting?

Nobody is going to tell my wife she can't go for a leisurely walk through the bush while I hunt at the other end. According to some on here every tree hugger that put an animal out of their bed while an a "nature walk" could be helping a hunter. Some of the post's on here would make it illegal for a dog walker or anybody else to go for a walk in a hunting season
 
Having a firearm or nor has nothing to do with it. You need to read Quebec's definition of 'hunting'. A guy who has no firearm with him can still take part in a drive and that is hunting.
Ontario defines hunting as this.
"Includes lying in wait for, searching for, being on the trail of, pursuing, chasing or shooting at wildlife, whether or not the wildlife is killed, injured, captured or harassed. You need a hunting licence to do any of these things, except where the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act states otherwise."
 
why not just get the Lic/Permit, whatever you need? Don't be cheap, the money goes to a great cause! I know for a fact that ole Jack, the most ambitious C.O. ever known to mankind, would nail your hind on the spot! He's retired now and is my friend;). Before he became my friend, we would run into him in the woods every now and again, and he'd always say "I'm here to nail you, if I can"!
 
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Ok different scenario; let’s say I’m out on a boat fishing with my family (wife & two kids). I have the appropriate fishing licence, one rod in the water, and don’t have my daily limit yet. No one else in the boat has a fishing licence. Any laws being broken, assuming all regulation partaining to that one licence are being met?
 
gdrew said:
Ok different scenario; let’s say I’m out on a boat fishing with my family (wife & two kids). I have the appropriate fishing licence, one rod in the water, and don’t have my daily limit yet. No one else in the boat has a fishing licence. Any laws being broken, assuming all regulation partaining to that one licence are being met?
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I would say you'd be ok with that. For big game, I think there is a different deck of cards!

EDIT: now if you were to hand your wife your rod and reel with the line in water to hold while you P in a 2 lt pop bottle, she would get nailed for sure, she's fishing without a lic, no doubt about it;)!
 
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No..the amount of fisherman (read licenses) required in the boat are equal to the amount of lines in the water. (don't bother I know there are cases where 2 lines are allowed).

No line in the water = she isn't fishing. One can't fish without a rod, but apparently one can hunt without a gun.

I have twelve rods in my boat..but Im not charged with too many lines because I have only one in the lake..similarly my wife isn't charged for coming along because she doesn't have one in her hand..but in theory a CO could argue she certainly has the "means" to fish, even if she wasn't holding one.

Perhaps the 2 pursuits aren't similar enough to make the comparison.
 
Friend got nailed here for such a enterprise. They were moose hunting and he was calling without a tag and got nailed for hunting with out a license. I hunted for 50 years in Alberta before moving here and we got stopped many times with one of the guys who had filled his tag pushing the bush for us and never had anybody say boo. The only thing they ever did was write on their tag copy that it was filled and went on there merry way.
 
Before I started hunting or getting licences I was brought along without a call or a gun to see what it's like. How else are potential hunters supposed to see if they like the sport?
 
I would agree fishing and hunting are a lot different. Ambiguous and interruptive regulations don’t help matters in these situations. Bringing a second person along shouldn’t require a licence. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to have someone with you such as safety, companionship or to help haul out the days catch. Incidentally, I don’t hunt and haven’t in three decades but if I was asked to tag along with someone who does I shouldn’t be required to take a core course and get a licence...should I?

If you were wondering, I do fish now and again.
 
Who needs a hunting version Ontario
Outdoors Card?
To hunt in Ontario, most Ontario residents need a hunting
version Outdoors Card and all applicable licence tags and
licences. There are two exceptions to this.
The first exception is an Ontario resident hunter apprentice
who is hunting with a licensed mentor. The hunter apprentice
must carry an Ontario-issued Hunter Apprenticeship Safety
Card. (The mentor must have an Ontario hunting version
Outdoors Card and all applicable licences; see page 22.) The
second exception is members of Aboriginal communities
with Aboriginal or treaty hunting rights in Ontario. These
hunters are not required to be in possession of an Outdoors
Card provided they are hunting for food, social or ceremonial
purposes within their traditional or treaty area or they are
visiting the traditional area of another First Nation and have
received proper written permission to hunt from that First
Nation.
All other Ontario residents, including Aboriginal persons,
either hunting outside of areas where they have Aboriginal or
treaty hunting rights OR hunting in areas for which they have
not received proper written permission to hunt, must have
a hunting version Ontario Outdoors Card and all applicable licences.

HUNTING:

Includes lying in wait for, searching for, being on the trail of, pursuing, chasing or shooting at wildlife, whether or not the wildlife is killed, injured, captured or harassed. You need a hunting licence to do any of these things, except where the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act states otherwise.
 
Is this thread ever f#####d. In NB (and believe me we have some of the most draconian and outdated hunting laws in the so-called free world) if you don't have a firearm (or bow etc) you cannot be charged with "hunting"| without a license. If just looking through a pair of binoculars makes you a hunter then ???? I dunnO? PS we even used to have a a reverse onus clause in our wildlife act fer G#d's sake.
 
the first thing the "authorities" are gonna say is that the guy out there without a lic "could" assist the hunter with a lic in many ways, be it spotting, pushing bush, etc etc. I don't think they actually have to see you or catch you red handed in order to nail you. If you are simply there and have no lic, your ass is grass! My sons did not go hunting with me until they reached 12 yrs of age (making it legal) and had their Hunter Safety Coarse and a Youth Hunting Lic.
 
sunray said:
Having a firearm or nor has nothing to do with it. You need to read Quebec's definition of 'hunting'. A guy who has no firearm with him can still take part in a drive and that is hunting.
Ontario defines hunting as this.
"Includes lying in wait for, searching for, being on the trail of, pursuing, chasing or shooting at wildlife, whether or not the wildlife is killed, injured, captured or harassed. You need a hunting licence to do any of these things, except where the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act states otherwise."
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Perhaps you should have read the entire section......

“hunting” includes,
(a) lying in wait for, searching for, being on the trail of, pursuing, chasing or shooting at wildlife, whether or not the wildlife is killed, injured, captured or harassed, or
(b) capturing or harassing wildlife,
except that “hunting” does not include,
(c) trapping, or
(d) lying in wait for, searching for, being on the trail of or pursuing wildlife for a purpose other than attempting to kill, injure, capture or harass it, unless the wildlife is killed, injured, captured or harassed as a result,
 
In Ontario as long as you are just an observer and not directly involved in the hunt you are 100% fine.
 
Raton57 said:
Friend got nailed here for such a enterprise. They were moose hunting and he was calling without a tag and got nailed for hunting with out a license. I hunted for 50 years in Alberta before moving here and we got stopped many times with one of the guys who had filled his tag pushing the bush for us and never had anybody say boo. The only thing they ever did was write on their tag copy that it was filled and went on there merry way.
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Calling would be considered hunting.
 
So, if you have your son or daughter with you to enjoy the hunt, they can potentially be charged with hunting without a license?
 
Eagleye said:
This is asinine to the extreme. No firearm, not hunting, period.

A court would have a hard time convicting an accompanying person who had no firearm in his possession of "hunting".

Just go, enjoy yourself. Don't let the fearmongers influence your decision.

Regards, Dave.
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^^^^ This...and common sense
 
Glad i dont live in ont. Took a friend out today, he had licence. I stayed behind him but helped in gutting, quartering and lugging. Downed a fine dry cow moose.
 
I am going on a sheep hunt in a few days. My friend is coming with me. he dose not hunt. He is a good friend and loves hiking. Need a partner on the mountain.
Is it going to be a issue if he is with me?
what if he looks threw my spotting scope.

never even thought this could be a issue. kind of like a passenger in the vehicle needing a driver licence
 
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